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As its name suggests, the stick insect resembles the twigs among which it lives, providing it with one of the most efficient natural camouflages on Earth. It and the equally inconspicuous leaf insect comprise the Phasmida order, of which there are approximately 3,000 species.

Stick insect species, often called walking sticks, range in size from the tiny, half-inch-long (11.6-millimeter-long) Timema cristinae of North America, to the formidable 13-inch-long (328-millimeter-long) Phobaeticus kirbyi of Borneo. This giant measures over 21 inches (55 centimeters) with its legs outstretched, making it one of the world’s longest insects. Females are normally larger than males.
all the species of insect that mimic there surroundings are called phasmida.

stickinsect morphology
ie what its body parts are.

stick insects lay there eggs by a flicking motion in the abdomen forcing the eggs to the ground , carefully placing them in the axilis of the host plant or burying them in small pits in the soil, a female can lay from 100 to 1200 eggs depending on the species.Most species of phasmid are parthenogenic, meaning that females lay eggs without needing to mate with males to produce offspring. However, some parthenogenic species retain the ability to mate and are bisexual depending on the presence and abundance of males. Eggs from virgin mothers are entirely female and exact copies of their mothers.